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    native plants, languages, and terrain all contributed to the success of the expedition.” Sacagawea was courageous and knowledgeable during the expedition. The text says “She served as an interpreter, and was the only person on the trip who could speak Shoshone.” Sacagawea could speak different languages. Sacagawea was an invaluable member of the expedition. Next, Sacagawea has a good memory. The text says

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    The Shoshone and Nez Perce tribes are local tribes in Idaho. In earlier days the Shoshone settled along the Snake River. The Nez Perce tribe came from northern Idaho. Both of these tribes weaved products for their own use, but the Shoshone tribe also sold them, and they still do today. The Shoshone tribe also “used their basketry as a utilitarian object, rather than selling them or using them for barter” (Basketry). The two tribes have different weaving styles, and they use different materials

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    Crowpaw Journey

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    feathers everywhere. Both she and her sister then fall back asleep as the Clan cats leave. Firestar doesn’t consider it much of a loss, as they are not Clan in the fall, when she was actually the Tribe’s promised ‘silver cat’ . Crowpaw rushes over to save her, but it is too late. The spirit of Silverstream isn't safe to fish in. He tells Brindle Claw that he will take a patrol into the fields after she asks for him to do so. When the three WindClan kits fall it under a tree. She leaps at him with a huge

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    Slip or Trip Is Queenie lying? I think Queenie is lying about what really happened when her husband Arthur died. She said that he was going down the stairs when he feel; he was on his way to get another drink. Queenie stated that she was at a club with a few friends because they got into a fight and when she got home he was at the bottom of the staircase dead. She also failed to call the cops but decided to wait till her friends came over, the time from when she came home and when her friends arrived

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    Memorable quotes – choose four different significant quotes from your text (does not have to be dialogue; anytime you pull from the text you are QUOTING the text). Review MLA formatting for longer quotes. Explain the premise and why these moments are significant – attempt to connect each quote to the theme (purpose) outlined in section 3. Direct textual quotations must be used. 200 words for each discussion Quote #1 “Louie was on the raft. There was gentle Phil crumpled up before him, Mac’s

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    In reviewing the data set provided for this study, a large number of falls occurred between the hours of 3 a.m. and 7 a.m. This is the time that a phlebotomist typically enters the room for a morning blood draw or the nurse wakes the patient for a vital sign check. The patients are still in a daze, and it is possible after the clinical personnel leaves, the patient tries to climb out of bed unattended, resulting in a fall (Stempniak, 2015). Lee (2015), states “You disturb them, wake them up

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    Improvement Initiative-Falls Management Program in Nursing Homes Falls are very common among nursing home residents. Residents in nursing homes are more likely to fall due to their age, chronic health conditions, medication, or change in the environment after admission to the facility. The people who provide care every day in nursing homes know firsthand how critical falling can be to the health of the residents they care for. Fall prevention is critical in order to decrease falls in nursing homes.

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    Ltc Case Study

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    the long-term care (LTC) facilities fall more frequently, more than any other environment. Falls in LTC have been on going huge problem for more than a decade now. According to Center of Disease Control (CDC, 2009) each year, a typical nursing home with 100 beds reports 100 to 200 falls. Many fall go unreported. Between half and three-quarters of nursing home residents fall each year. That’s twice the rate of falls among older adults living in the community. Fall in LTC is very serious because most

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    paper will discuss falls prevention in the older adult over the age of 55 and new and alternative interventions for fall prevention compared to current practice. The desired outcome of the paper is to provide information for fall prevention and, therefore, decrease the occurrence of falls. First, in order to understand the importance falls have within the clinical setting, statistics showing the mortality, morbidity and financial impact should be understood. The occurrence of falls within the acute

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    Falls are the most frequent and devastating accidents in older adult (WHO, 2004). There are different interpretations related to falls. For instance, according to healthcare professions fall is an event leading to ill health and injuries, whereas older adults define it as a loss of balance (Zecevic et al., 2006). Approximately, 28% to 35% older adults age 65 years and older fall each year (WHO, 2007). Around 85% of these falls occurs in the home among older adults living independently (Tideiksaar

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